Distance from Berlin to Kuala Lumpur
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is 9,614 km (5,974 mi · 5,191 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,614 km · 5,974 mi · 5,191 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Kuala Lumpur
- 89° (E)
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Berlin
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 265 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 UTC
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.